Bedcover support



06E. 3, 1950 QRFQRD 2,524,469

BEDCOVER SUPPORT Filed Nov. 20, 1947 174 IHIII- INVENTOR. MARION B. ORFORD izlrney Patented od- 3, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BEDCOVER SUPPORT Marion B. Orford, Garden City, N. Y. Application November 20, 1947, Serial No. 787,120 (o1. -319) 9 Claims.

This invention relates to supports for bed covers and particularly to a bed cover support adapted to hold the bed covers above the feet of an occupant of the bed to keep the covers from contacting the feet particularly when the occupant is lying on his back.

, The object of the invention is to provide an improved bed cover support of the character mentioned which may be readily applied to a bed and adjusted to support the covers so as to prevent the covers from resting upon or coming in contact withthe feet.

A further object of the invention is to provide ;a device as mentioned which may be readily and quickly adjusted to be practically unnoticeable,

and out of the way when not desired for use, without removing the same from the bed; and which may be as readily adjusted into operative position when needed or desired. Other objects of the invention are to provide a device as mentioned which shall be of simple construction, of low cost to manufacture, and which may be readily installed on a bed without the use of any tools whatever,

A further object of the invention is to provide a device as mentioned which will displaced accidently when in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. With these objects in view, the invention consists generally in a bed cover support comprising a base portion adapted to bebositio'ned at the .foot of a bed beneath the end of themattress and resting on the mattress support which is usually the bed springs, a standard pivotally connected to the base and adapted to be swung laterally of the bed, and a. supporting frame member pivotally connected to the standard.

The invention further consists in various details of construction and arrangements of parts as will be fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a bed cover support embodying my invention and illustrating the devicein extended or'operative position,

Figure 2 is a detail of the pivotal connection between the supporting frame and the standard, and illustrated upon an enlarged scale,

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a detail view illustrating the connection between the standard and base,

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 4,

not be readily I ed on the outer or rear face of the bracket plate .in anelevated positionover the feet. 7

i The base I0 issubstantially flat and is adapted to be arranged at the foot of a bed and arranged under the mattress and resting on the mattress support, which is usually thesprings, as illustrated in Figure 6 of the drawings, I3 indicating the mattress and M the mattress support The base Ill is preferably ,formed of a strip of strapmetal, preferably aluminum bent forming a comparatively broadinner end it, convergin side portions l'l-ll and terminating in inturned abutting ends {8. 1

Riveted, or otherwise secured to the ends 8, and preferably to the inner faces thereof, is an upwardly extending bracket plate I 9 upon which the standard II is pivotally mounted.

The standard I l comprises a straight bar preferably rectangular in cross section and is mount- H! by means of a pivot pin 20. The pivot pin preferably comprises a shouldered bolt extending through a vertical slot 23 in the bracket plate I9 and threaded into the standard llf as shown in Figure 5, and head 24 of the bolt having sufficient clearance to permit the bolt to move readily in the slot. Spaced above the pivot bolt 2! is an inwardly extending lock pin 25 which is adapted to engage in a notch 26 in theupper edge of the plate I9 when the standard is perpendicular to the base, and the pivot 20 is at the lower portion of the slot 23. I

The cover supporting member i2 is formed of a strip, preferably of metal, bent to a. general triangular form, consisting of a broad outer base 27, and 'converging legs 28 which terminate at the apex of the triangle in a, pair of parallel extension lugs 29 spaced apart to receive the upper end of the standard ll between them. A bolt 30 extends through a hole 3! in one of the lugs 29, and a hole 32 in the standard, and is then threaded-"into the other lug 29, as indicated at 33 in Figure 3.

The bolt 30 is arranged slightly forwardly of the center of the standard; and a cross pin 36 is fixed in the lugs 29 so as to engage the upper end of said standard to hold the member l2 in an upwardly and forwardly inclined operative position and to limit the rearward swing thereof to a substantially vertical position to avoid con- U tacting the footboard of the bed. The outer upper edge of the standard is rounded as at 34 to avoid injury to the bed clothes.

In using the device the base ll] is placed beneath the foot of the mattress l3 and rested upon the bed springs or other mattress support. It will be noted that the strip from which the base is formed is vertically disposed edgewise, so that the upper edge will constitute ridges which will become more or less embedded in the under side of the mattress, thereby holding the device from accidental displacement when in use. After the base is in position the standard is swung to vertical position and then moved downwardly with the pin 25 engaging in the notch 26, thereby securing the standard in vertical position. The triangular support l2 is then swung inwardly over the foot of the mattress where it is in position to support the bed covers as illustrated in Figure 6, the dotted line 21 indicating said covers.

When not in use, the device may be folded so as to be substantially unnoticea'ble, which is done by lifting the standard ll until the pivot pin 26 engages the upper end of the slot 23 and the pin 25 is disengaged from the notch 26, and then swinging the standard laterally into the position shown in Figure 7; the triangular support l2 having first been raised into substantial alignment with the standard. In this, position the device is entirely below the level of the upper surface of the mattress and may be completely concealed from view by the bed covers.

I claim:

1. A bed cover support comprising a base adapted to be positioned under the foot of a mattress, a standard pivotally mounted on said base and adapted to swing laterally thereof interengaging means on said base and said standard for maintaining the latter in-raised operative position, and a bed cover supporting member on the upper end of said standard.

2. A bed cover support comprising a base adapted to be positioned under the. foot of a mattress, a standard pivotally mounted on said base to swing laterally thereof, cooperating means on said base and said standard for latching the latter in operative position, and a bed cover supporting member on said standard.

3. A bed cover support comprising a base adapted-to be positioned under the edge portion of a mattress, a standard pivotally mounted on said base and adapted to swing laterally thereof, interengaging means on said base and said standard for maintaining the latter in operative position and a bed cover supporting member pivotally mounted on said standard.

4. In a device of the class described, a base adapted to be positioned under the edge of a mattress, a bracket plate fixed to said base, said plate having a vertical slot and a peripheral notch in the upper edge thereof, a standard, a pivot pin on said standard slidably mounted in said slot, a latch pin on said standard adapted to engage in said notch when the standard is in operative position, and a bedcover supporting member on 6 said standard.

5. In a device of the class described, a base adapted to be positioned under the edge of a mattress, a standard pivotally mounted on said base to swing laterally thereof, means for latching said standard in operative position, and a bed cover support pivotally mounted on the upper end of said standard.

6. In a device of the class described, a base adapted to be positioned under the edge of a mattress, a standard supported by said base, a cover supporting frame, a pair of lugs on said frame, a pivot pin extendin through said lugs and through said standard adjacent the upper end thereof, the upper end of said standard forming a slip shoulder, a pin fixed in said lugs and adapted to engage said shoulder to hold the supporting frame in an upwardly and forwardly inclined position and to limit the rearward swing thereof to a substantially vertical position.

7. In a device of the class described, a, base adapted to be positioned under the edge of a mattress and comprising a strip of strap metal arranged on edge and bent to form a broad inner end, converging side portions, and a narrow outer end, a standard pivotally mounted at the narrow end of said base and adapted to swing laterally thereof, cooperating means on said base and standard for holding the latter inoperative position, and a bed cover supporting member on said standard.

8. In a device of the class described, a base adapted to be positioned under the edge of a mattress, said base being tapered from a comparatively broad inner end to a narrow outer end, a standard pivotally mounted at the narrow end of said base and adapted to swing laterally thereof, cooperating means on said base and said standard for holding the latter in operative position, and a bed cover supporting member pivotally mounted on a transverse axis at the upper end of said standard.

9. In a device of the class described, a base adapted to be positioned under the edge of a mattress said basebein tapered from a comparatively broad inner end to a narrow outer end, a stand- .ard mounted at the narrow end of said base and adapted to swing laterally thereof, cooperating means on said base and said standard for holding the latter in operative position, and a bed cover supporting member comprising a triangular frame, a pivotal connection between the apex of said triangular frame and the upper end of said standard, and means for limiting the swing of said triangular frame on said standard, from an operative supporting position above said base to a position in alignment with said standard.

MARION B. ORFORD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the tile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,175,526 Jones Mar. 14, 1916 2,106,834 Ewald Feb. 1, 1938 2,235,191 Arnould Mar. 18, 1941 

